The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-06
Uncle John .Bathrick has painted his resi-

Parks the sum of one thousand dollars, in
pursuance of the request made by her late
husband, James II. Bangs.
A derrick has been erected in the rear of
the engine house and the fire bell hung
thereon. This is great improvement over
past arrangements, when the bell was on the
town hail. out of reach and hearing when
most needed.
The Reflector ought to be ashamed to
80 chaw up" its contemporary, the Democrat,
and expose its political ignorance to the gaze
of an unfeeling world in the merciless way 1t |
did in its last issue. Whatever did you do 1t |
for, Bro. Phillips?
Everyone who has taken stock in the Paw |
Paw Union Fair should constitute himself q
committee of one TO invite his neighbors to |
90 and do likewise. Let us all try to make
it grand success, something of which we
can be justly proud.
George Robb, who has been in i'll health
and unable to work for long time past, has
so far recovered as to be able to open har-
ness shop in the grange store. He is deserv
ing of fair share of public patronage, which
we hope he may receive.
A couple of travelling statesmen on our
streets few nights since made lots of fun
for the kids; ventriloquism, fire-eating, ETC.,
without money and without price. They
drove flourishing and successful trade in
the various kinds of notions they offered for
sale.
Bartram u Millington are on deck with
new double half column advertisement 1t
is needless to say that those who patronize
them are sure of good goods, reasonable
a,l bo,,opa 1aa1inn frhav
well known to need any special words of
commendation from us.
A meeting of the directors and examining
committee of the Paw Paw Savings Bank
was held last Friday. The affairs of the
bank were found to be in prosperous and
highly satisfactory condition. Pursuant to
previous vote of the stockholders, the capital
stock of the institution was increased from
$4,000 to $4,000. The additional stock
was all taken by former stockholders.
There is some talk of organizing base
ball club in this village. the principal condi-
ton of membership in which shall be that
the applicant shall never have made his debut
on the diamond and never have played the
great national game. Should such club be
organized, its first business and prime OBJ
ject will be to issue a challenge to the Paw
Paw club to play matched game for the
championship.
The career of Mr.. VIM. Hill as landlord of
the Peninsular House at Lake Cora, was
rather brief. That lovely resort is now in
charge of Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ. Wynkoop, late
of Kalamazoo. Mr.. Wynkoop is also auditor
of the 7. d. $. II. Il. Il. and will be the new
postmaster at the lake. We hope Mr.. and
Mrs W. may show the people that they un-
derstand how to keep hotel" and that they
may make the Peninsular more popular than
it has ever been before.
There were one hundred and sixty mar
riages recorded in the Office of the county
clerk during the first six months of the pres
ent year. During the same period Of time
there were granted sixteen DEGREES of
divorce. Taking this for fair average, there
is one divorce out of every ten marriages:
enough IN all conscience, but not as bad as
some of our esteemed contemporaries who
had better investigate at home before they
criticise too severely would like to make it
appear.
Members of the Christian church regret
very much that Elder Russell has concluded
to sever his relations with the church at this
place. He does not intend to preach else
where, that is, not for a time, but will attend
the Butler university for the purpose of COM
| pleting his education and being better fitted
| for future labor in the ministry. He wants
| to begin with the school year in September
next He and his wife will leave many warm
| friends in Paw Paw who will hope for their
future prosperity, welfare and happiness.
The following officers were installed into
their respective stations at the last meeting
of Paw Paw lodge No. Is. l. o. o. F.: j. H.
Waters, N. e.; j. +. Phillips, V. e.; Jay
Rickard, S.; w. M. Snow, Z. S.; Geo. Lam
bert, T.; ID. Chapman, W.: l.. w. Osborne,
c.; Seth Allen, /. g.; L. NJ. Snow, o. G.: o.
w. Rowland, II. S. n. g.: S. H. Blackman,
l.. S. n. g.; +. A. Foster II. S. V. G.; G. n.
Griffin, l.. S. V. g.; j. l.. Tirrell, II. S. S.:
w. IL. Mason, l.. S. S. District Deputy
Grand Master Tirrell acted as installing
officer.
Mr. A. p. Hunt of Bangor, has rented the
Sebring House in that village. Mr.. Hunt
now has a monopoly of the hotel business
there, controlling both the Sebring and the
Commercial. He has filed his bond, paid his
tax and opened a saloon in connection with
the Sebring. 1t is altogether likely that this
is the last whiskey shop that will be started
in Van Buren, county for some time to come,
as there is little doubt that, under the pro
visions of the new local option law, the peo-
pie of our county will decree prohibition
from and after the first day of May next.
lime, Friday evening-scene, Dyckman
House corner-drdDidt{S peTSOH6, Jim Sans
travelling doctor, jolly boys, supers, etc. Jim
in normal condition-full of budge-doctoT
extolling virtues of his magic liniment-
wanted subject-Jim selected-back lame
awfully lame-linen removed-doctor about
to apply wonderful remedy-iolly boys with
pitcher of ice water-pour it down Jim's bare
spinal column - terrible yell-Jim mad
wants to fight-bound TO lick innocent doc
tor-jolly boys interfere-grand tableau-
red fire-slow curtain-great applause-no
repetition.
The Paw Paw boys went TO Decatur last
Thursday, as advertised, to play ball. They
came home badly beaten, the score standing
eight to twenty-six in favor of the Decaturs
It don't take great deal of skill TO reckon
up the number of games won by our boys
this seasons. The score on the bulletin
board read, "Won o, lost ALL Charley Cole
came home crippled again. sprained ankle,
! the result of a collision with one of the
"purple legs" Charley seems to be particu-
larly unfortunate. Dan Carney was the man